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JOHN DOWLAND / THOMAS CAMPION / JOHN DANYEL / THOMAS FORD / HENRY PURCELL / etc
Drop Not, Mine Eyes Alexander Chance (counter-tenor), Toby Carr (lute) [ Linn / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] "Chance's tone is pellucid; notes fall round and clear as water drops...a recording in which Chance stakes serious claim to the title of his generation's most exciting British countertenor." Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2023 |
SCHUBERT / CHOPIN / LISZT / STRAVINSKY
Schubert / Chopin / Liszt / Stravinsky: Four Pianos - Four Pieces Alexander Melnikov (pianos) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 9/Apr/2018 ] "Melnikov gives thrilling performances of four cornerstones of the repertoire." Sunday Times |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fantasie: Seven Composers, Seven Keyboards Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Jun/2023 ] BBC Music Magazine July 2023 - Instrumental Choice |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Concerto Op 54 / Piano Trio No. 2 Op. 80 Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado, with Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) & Isabelle Faust (violin) [ Harmonia Mundi CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] '[T]he use of an early 19th-century fortepiano, here a Streicher of 1847, brings textural clairty, enhanced by the exceptionally subtle and sensitive dialogue between the two superb string players.' (BBC Music) |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Sonatas Alexander Melnikov (piano) with Isabelle Faust (violin) Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet) Teunis van der Zwart (althorn), etc [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] 'The patron saint of neglected instruments, Hindemith composed more than 30 sonatas for very diverse resources … The Hindemith anniversary of 2013 opened the gates to a welcome flood of excellent recordings, and this new release stands high among the |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 Alexander Ullman (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) [ Rubicon / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] Alexander Ullman was the winner of the 2011 Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest. He studied at the Purcell School, the Curtis Institute and the Royal College of Music. His teachers include William Fong, Leon Fleischer and Dmitri... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Tharaud Plays Rachmaninov Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Alexander Vedernikov, with Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) [ Erato / CD - released 14/Oct/2016 ] "After the famous introductory bars - following the score rather than the composer's recording - the sweeping first subject enters faster, thankfully, than Richter's celebrated account but with the same majestic assurance" Gramophone Award Nomination |
J.S. BACH
The Best of J.S. Bach Eteri Andjaparidze, Hae Won Chen, Pi-hsien, Nicholas Goluses, Alexander Jablokov, Takako Nishizaki & Wolfgang Rubsam [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/1997 ] The best of J.S Bach from across the vast Naxos catalogue. |
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
Murder on the High C's Florence Foster Jenkins (soprano) with additional tracks by Alexander Kipnis; John Charles Thomas; Josephine Tumminia; Ezio Pinza; Jeanette MacDonald [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] "Hilariously ignorant of all musical rules and delightfully incapable of hitting, never mind holding the note, she recorded just nine songs. Priceless." -- Andrew Clarke, The Independent |
ARVO PART
Musica Selecta: from the legendary premiere recordings The Hilliard Ensemble, Alexei Lubimov (piano), Alexander Malter (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin) , Latvian Radio Choir, etc [ ECM / 2 CD - released 12/Sep/2015 ] Composer Arvo Pärt and producer Manfred Eicher have maintained their creative partnership for more than 30 years. Eicher launched ECM New Series in 1984 as a platform for Pärt's music, bringing the Estonian composer to the world's attention with... |
